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Yield and Yield Stability of Four Population Types of Grain Sorghum in a Semi‐Arid Area of Kenya
(Crop Breeding, Genetics & Cytology, 2000-03-01)
Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is widely grown in semi‐arid tropics where local farmers depend on the adaptability of their rainfed crops to unpredictable drought and other stress factors. To investigate the effects ...
TOLERANCE LEVEL OF ALTERNARIA SESAMI AND THE EFFECT OF SEED INFECTION ON YIELD OF SESAME IN KENYA
(Cambridge University Press, 2007-07)
Field plots of sesame (Sesamum indicum) with six different levels of seed infection with Alternaria sesami were monitored for Alternaria leaf spot severity at Kibwezi, eastern Kenya. The aim of the study was to determine ...
Yield improvement of Kenyan sesame varieties
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
In an effort to improve the yield of Kenyan sesame cultivars the seeds of three cultivars, SPS SIK6, SIK 096 and SPS SIK 50/1 were subjected to 300Gy, 400Gy and 600Gy of gamma rays. A first batch of seeds were subjected ...
Distribution of orofacial clefts and frequent occurrence of an unusual cleft variant in the Rift Valley of Kenya
(SAGE Publications, 2007-07)
To investigate the pattern and distribution of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts among patients in the Rift Valley region of northwestern Kenya.
valuation for resistance to the spotted stem borer, Chilo Partellus, in a maize (zea mays L.) population. Maize Production Technology for the Future: Challenges and Opportunities. Proceedings of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Maize Conference, 6; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); 21-25 Sep 1998.
(Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico)., 1999)
AGenetic variability and predicted responses to S2 and testcross selection methods were studied in an open-pollinated variety resistant to the spotted stem borer,(Chilo partellus Swinhoe). Evaluation after one cycle of ...
Severity of Alternaria Leaf Spot and Seed Infection by Alternaria sesami (Kawamura) Mohanty and Behera, as Affected by Plant Age of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1999-07-01)
Alternaria leaf spot incited by Alternaria sesami , was monitored to determine the effect of plant age on disease severity and seed infection by A. sesami in plots containing sesame accession SPS SIK 110 plants of five ...
Effect of plant age on sesame infection by Alternaria leaf spot
(African Crop Science Society (Uganda), 1999)
The effect of plant growth of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) on development of seed infection by Alternaria leaf spot, and seed infection by Alternaria sesami, was monitored in plants of sesame accession SPS SIK 110. Increase ...
The Mosoriot medical record system: design and initial implementation of an outpatient electronic record system in rural Kenya
(Elsevier, 2000)
Mosoriot Health Center is a rural primary care facility situated on the outskirts of Eldoret, Kenya in sub-Saharan Africa. The region is characterised by widespread poverty and a very poor technology infrastructure. Many ...
Applying More Than 25 Years of Electronic Patient Records Experience to a Third World Health Environment and Making It Work: MUFHS Program-Eldoret, Kenya
(Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA); Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), 2003)
There now exists documentation of more than 25 years of effective clinical computing as well as significant failures. These systems exist mainly in economically developed countries such as Europe and North America. This ...
More Resources for Prevention, Critical Care or Rehabilitation
(Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2000)
Nearly a million people die each year and several millions sustain non-fatal injuries from road traffic accidents (RTAs) worldwide (27). Assuming the world population of 5.5 billion, this implies that approximately 2 out ...